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taiguynever seen or heard of this simple green stuff, from virginia.
versaplaner's are great for base repairs. made by stanley i think, you can find them at your hardware store, or if not, online at tognar. the curved blade does a good job cutting the ptex in layers. eliminates the fear of ripping it out like if you went straight for the metal scraper.
5 min epoxy is found at any hardware store for $2-3. makes a lot of epoxy relative to the amount needed for any given delam or topsheet chipping you might encounter.
C-clamps to go along with the epoxy, oh and wax paper so you can use the clamps.
anything that needs to be glued back into place (binding piece anyone?), use one of the polyurethane adhesives. i tend to stay away from gorilla glue when it comes to repairs like this, since the expanding foam looks ugly when it dries. PL Glue is the best stuff i've found, and i use it liberally for construction/audio projects. $3 for a 10oz tube.
as stated above, zip ties are incredibly useful. i'm pretty sure zipties are the only thing macguvyer would ever need.
i use Goof-Off to remove adhesive residue on topsheets, say if i need to remove a stomp pad or an old sticker.
hair dryer to stick things on, and take them off.
sharpie for those random scratch marks, and for edge tuning.
and personally, a small fan for those times when doing base repairs. those fumes give me a headache.
[Edited by taiguy on 2/1/2007 at 1:39 PM]
